pettuma

Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish pettyä, coined by Johannes Aavik in 1911. Equivalent to petma +‎ -uma.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpetːumɑ/, [ˈpetːumɑ]
  • Rhymes: -etːumɑ
  • Hyphenation: pet‧tu‧ma

Verb

pettuma (da-infinitive pettuda)

  1. to be disappointed

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  • pettuma in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • pettuma”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009